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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178971931" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178971931">(Oct 24 2019 at 16:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>You can <a href="https://zulipchat.com/help/mute-a-topic" target="_blank" title="https://zulipchat.com/help/mute-a-topic">mute topics</a> in Zulip</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178972016" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178972016">(Oct 24 2019 at 16:48)</a>:</h4>
<p>As well as adding <a href="https://zulipchat.com/help/add-an-alert-word" target="_blank" title="https://zulipchat.com/help/add-an-alert-word">alert words</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178972022" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178972022">(Oct 24 2019 at 16:48)</a>:</h4>
<p>As if I needed <em>more</em> notifications</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178972229" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Sunjay Varma <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178972229">(Oct 24 2019 at 16:50)</a>:</h4>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178972251" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Sunjay Varma <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178972251">(Oct 24 2019 at 16:50)</a>:</h4>
<p>hehe I've been doing that for a while to avoid drowning in notifications <span aria-label="grimacing" class="emoji emoji-1f62c" role="img" title="grimacing">:grimacing:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178974979" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178974979">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:19)</a>:</h4>
<p>I mute <em>streams</em></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178974987" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178974987">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:19)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I didn't realize you could mute <em>topics</em></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178975280" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Sunjay Varma <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178975280">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>Ohh yeah I do that too. <span aria-label="smile" class="emoji emoji-263a" role="img" title="smile">:smile:</span> I use the little "eye" icon beside the topic name. It's pretty dim to be honest, hard to find <span aria-label="sweat smile" class="emoji emoji-1f605" role="img" title="sweat smile">:sweat_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976458" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976458">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:32)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116009">@nikomatsakis</span> in my mind you were like a Zulip god but I've already realized during RBR that that's not true <span aria-label="joy" class="emoji emoji-1f602" role="img" title="joy">:joy:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976499" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976499">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:32)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116266">@Santiago Pastorino</span> to be fair, the key <code>G</code> that you suggested -- I usually use the windows End key for that</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976526" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976526">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>:)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976530" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976530">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>that said, I also recently discovered <code>:</code> for adding emoji</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976538" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976538">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>and <code>e</code> for editing</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976548" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976548">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>I mean I sort of knew those keys were there</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976561" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976561">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I've been enjoying using them a lot more :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976570" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976570">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p><code>i</code> also for contextual menus</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976572" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976572">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>and left arrow for "edit most recent message"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976587" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976587">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>remember <code>w</code> :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976603" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976603">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
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<p>and left arrow for "edit most recent message"</p>
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<p>that one is good too</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976625" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976625">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>tbh left arrow vs <code>e</code> is kind of annoying</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976634" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976634">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>I should probably just always use <code>e</code></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976689" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976689">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>another one I use frequently is <code>/</code> so I can just quickly jump into a topic or something by searching</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976711" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976711">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>soon we'll get to emacs level of complexity. I realized the other day that I regularly type things like <code>C-u C-x 4 M-.</code> and I was "oh dear god how many neurons are wasted on this"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178976783" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178976783">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>(for the record, that lets you type in a symbol name and pops open a fresh window that shows you where it is defined)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178977700" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Wesley Wiser <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178977700">(Oct 24 2019 at 17:44)</a>:</h4>
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<p>soon we'll get to emacs level of complexity. I realized the other day that I regularly type things like <code>C-u C-x 4 M-.</code> and I was "oh dear god how many neurons are wasted on this"</p>
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<p>Looks like you're learning vi by way of Zulip <span aria-label="laughter tears" class="emoji emoji-1f602" role="img" title="laughter tears">:laughter_tears:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178983705" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178983705">(Oct 24 2019 at 18:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>btw <a href="https://zulipchat.com/help/" target="_blank" title="https://zulipchat.com/help/">https://zulipchat.com/help/</a> seems to be good for all this stuff :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/178983856" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#178983856">(Oct 24 2019 at 18:42)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've learned there that you can mention people without alerting them</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/179745330" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#179745330">(Nov 03 2019 at 12:25)</a>:</h4>
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<p>but I didn't realize you could mute <em>topics</em></p>
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<p>unfortunately you cannot <em>unmute</em> a topic in a muted stream. that would be super useful.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/179745331" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#179745331">(Nov 03 2019 at 12:25)</a>:</h4>
<p>like, #t-compiler has way too much stuff but sometimes there's one topic that I am involved in.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL/near/179745379" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/TIL.html#179745379">(Nov 03 2019 at 12:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>so everyone please remember to @-mention people when responding^^</p>



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